Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in Alabama
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,933
after federal, FICA and Alabama tax
Tax takes
$18,397
22.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,837
Alabama costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Alabama — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$80,330
Kept after tax
$61,933
Worth in national money
$68,837
State rank
2
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Alabama's middle earner gets $80,330, putting the state 2 of 47 — about 38.4% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Alabama. It ranks 92 out of 482 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Alabama does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $80,330 you keep $61,933, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $68,837 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $70,250, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For chemical equipment operators and tenders, Alabama sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $80,330, ranking 2 of 47 and running about 38.4% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Alabama, chemical equipment operators and tenders ranks 92 of 482 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Alabama income tax, retained pay for chemical equipment operators and tenders on $80,330 is $61,933. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $68,837 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $70,250 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,430 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,120 |
| This salary | $80,330 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Alabama | $61,933 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,342 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,595 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $75,484 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,204 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 90 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,330 as a midpoint for Alabama, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $38,430 and the ninetieth is $94,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Alabama the take-home figure of $61,933, from $80,330, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 92 of 482 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $68,837 uses one figure for the whole of Alabama. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 482 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 92.
- The Alabama median of $80,330 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $38,430 to $94,120. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Alabama is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,933 from $80,330. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 92 of 482 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $68,837, worked from $80,330, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Alabama address, on work sitting at 92 of 482 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $70,250 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,430 and the top tenth $94,120, so most people doing this work in Alabama sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Alabama is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $68,837 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Alabama's own levy, $61,933 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 47 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Alabama is $70,250. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,430 to $94,120) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Alabama rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Alabama's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $68,837 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $61,933 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Alabama income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.